Marvelous How To Vent A Range Hood

Drill from the inside of your attic.

How to vent a range hood. Pry open the shingles on your roof one nail at a time and clear out the area wherein you want your roof to be vented. Strip the sheathing and attach the cable to the range hood. Range hoods are vented up through the roof or out through an exterior wall.

Most filters are secured to the range hood with a metal loop. Every range hood features a stove hood filter. How to Install a Range Hood Vent Through the Wall For those who cannot vent through the roof venting through a sidewall is the next best option.

Attach the hood to a power supply and check the power. You should feel air being blown out of the exhaust cap on the roof or wall when the fan is running. This is called horizontal wall venting.

Run Power to the Range Hood Shut off power to the circuit and make sure the hoods power switches are in the off position. Now switch the power on and check all the functionalities of the rand vent hood. Installing Range Hood with Horizontal Duct.

Once you drill the hole you will need to cut an adequately-sized opening to fit the range hood vent either square or a round-shaped one depending on the design of your roof vent. You can do this by installing an elbow out of the top of the back of the hood. Once youve identified the location of your roof vent drill a hole through the roof from the inside of your attic.

After the hole is cut-in remove the roofing shingles on both sides of the roof opening and at least 3. Island hoods must vent through the ceiling while wall hoods can vent through the wall or ceiling. In some range hood the whole thing is guarded by a broad panel.